Melbourne Victory FC Player of the Season

The Melbourne Victory Player of the Season, also known as the Victory Medal, is an award presented to the Melbourne Victory coaching staff's player of the season.

Victory Medal
Sport	Association football
History
First award	2006
Editions	14 (as of 2019)
First winner	Kevin Muscat
Most wins	Kevin Muscat (3 times)
Most recent	Leigh Broxham

The first winner of the award was Kevin Muscat in 2006, who became the first player to win it twice in 2007. Since then, two other players have won the award more than once: Danny Allsopp (2007 and 2009) and Archie Thompson (2008 and 2010). Muscat won again in 2009 to become first player to receive the award thrice.

Voting takes place on a 3-2-1 basis, as allocated by the Melbourne Victory coaching staff.

Other end-of-season awards given by Melbourne Victory include the Players' Player of the Year Award and the Goal of the Season Award. The prizes for all awards are given at an annual awards night, which is held near the end of the league season.

Winners

Players in bold are still playing for Melbourne Victory

Season	Name	Nationality	Position	Notes	Ref.
2005–06	Kevin Muscat	Australia	Defender		[1]
2006–07	Danny Allsopp	Australia	Forward		[2]
	Kevin Muscat	Australia	Defender	First player to win the award on two occasions
2007–08	Archie Thompson	Australia	Forward		[3]
	Rodrigo Vargas	Australia	Defender
2008–09	Danny Allsopp	Australia	Forward		[4]
	Kevin Muscat	Australia	Defender	First player to win the award on three occasions
2009–10	Archie Thompson	Australia	Forward		[5]
2010–11	Grant Brebner	Scotland	Midfielder	First winner from outside Australia	[6]
2011–12	Ante Covic	Australia	Goalkeeper	First goalkeeper to win the award	[7]
2012–13	Mark Milligan	Australia	Midfielder		[8]
2013–14	Adama Traoré	Ivory Coast	Defender	First winner from Africa	[9]
2014–15	Fahid Ben Khalfallah	Tunisia	Forward		[10]
2015–16	Matthieu Delpierre	France	Defender		[11]
2016–17	Carl Valeri	Australia	Midfielder		[12]
2017–18	Leroy George	Netherlands	Midfielder		[13]
2018–19	Leigh Broxham	Australia	Midfielder		[14]

Statistics

Players with multiple wins

Winner	Total wins	Year(s)
Kevin Muscat	3	2006, 2007, 2009
Danny Allsopp	2	2007, 2009
Archie Thompson	2	2008, 2010

Wins by playing position

Position	Number of wins
Goalkeeper	1
Defender	6
Midfielder	5
Forward	5

Wins by nationality

Nationality	Number of winners
Australia	12
France	1
Ivory Coast	1
Netherlands	1
Scotland	1
Tunisia	1

References

1. "Muscat picks up Victory medal". The World Game. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
2. "Triumphant skipper, striker share spoils of Victory medal". The Age. 24 February 2007. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
3. Lynch, Michael (8 March 2008). "Roddy and Archie share honour". FTBL.com.au. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
4. "Muscat, Allsopp tie for Victory Medal". ABC News. 7 March 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
5. "Medal consolation for Archie". A-League. 28 March 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
6. "Brebner claims Victory Medal". FTBL.com.au. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
7. "Covic claims Victory medal". Melbourne Victory FC. 28 April 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
8. "Milligan beats Rojas to club honour". Melbourne Victory FC. 27 April 2013. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
9. "Traore wins Victory Medal". The World Game. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
10. Nicholson, Larissa (22 May 2015). "Top Melbourne Victory award for Fahid Ben Khalfallah". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
11. Lynch, Michael (14 May 2016). "Matthieu Delpierre takes out Victory Medal in final season with club". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
12. Lynch, Michael (13 May 2017). "Melbourne Victory captain Carl Valeri awarded the Victory medal as club's best". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
13. McKay, Ben (13 May 2018). "Leroy Gorge claims Victory A-League medal". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
14. Lynch, Michael (25 May 2019). "Broxham crowns career by winning Victory Medal". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 10 April 2020.

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